Isma: Onus on govt, Muslim leaders to reeducate SIS members on Islam
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The government should take decisive action against progressive Islamic NGO Sisters in Islam and make the effort to bring its members back into the proper fold of the faith, said the Majlis Ulama Isma .
“Their stance in supporting lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders, rejecting the necessity of wearing the tudung, trivialising fatwas, rejecting hudud law, encouraging the use of the Kalimah Allah in the Bible, and other deviancies, is a clear indication of their consistency in dismantling the principles of Islamic Shariah,” said MUIS chairman Mohd Soberi Awang in a statement.
“Therefore MUIS calls upon both the federal and state governments, as well as Muslim political leaders, to act sternly in accordance to the fatwa. It is vital for the ulama and leaders to stand together in preserving Malaysia as an Islamic nation, wherein the leaders place the ulama as a source of guidance in making policies or taking stances, particularly where it concerns the interests of the Muslims.
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